Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-23
HERE THEY ARE.
Creations of the High Tariff
Robbery.

Robbery.
Philadelphia Record.
The people of the United States ePe
daily told by the advocates of protection
that the tariff system does not need any
reform, and that any change In it should
be in the direction Of higher rates of duty
This daring assertion is made in pres
ence of the fact that under the operation
of the tariff legitimate competition is
stifled, and the trade in many leading
necessaries of living controlled absolutely
by moDopolies. Here are some of the
monopolistic creations and OutgroWths Of
our iniquitous tariff system which have
oppressed and plundered the people of
this country through the power which
the tariff has conferred upon them:
The Bessemer Steel Monopoly.
The Crucible Steel Trust.
The Nail Association.
The Coal Combination.
The Coke Combination.
The Lumber Trust.
The Sugar Trust.
EThe Salt Combination.
The Flour-bag Trust.
The Maine Sardine fraud.
The WALLPAPER Trust.
The Window Glass Combination.
The Barb-Wire Ring.
The Lead Trust.
The School Slate Trust.
The Sheet-Z'nc Monopoly.
The Russia Sheet-Iron Monopoly.
This does not by any means exhaust the
number of fairfield monopolies, but the
aboVeiwill enable consumers in the United
States to form a very clear conception Of
the extent to which they have been plum
dered by a system of legal fraud and OPP
preston. Let the American workingmen
carefully scan this partial list and say how
much protection there is in it for them.
While the prices of many of the necessa-
ries and comforts of their
families have been cruelty enhanced
by this system, they must sell their daily
labor for what it will bring in the open
market. Millions of people are pluudered
in order to minister to the greed of few
monopolies. II the duties on the neces-
saries of living should be repealed the
wages of workingmen would be practi-
callY enhanced, since consumers would
pay less for their commodities. II the
duties on raw materials should st the
same time be abolished the field OF pro-
duct1on would be widenei and employ
ment for labor in al departments of in
dustry wou be more secure and more re-
munerative.
Toward the accomplishment of this
bene fcenB economical reform one Of the
first steps would be repeal of duties on
al commodities which monopoly has IN
dertaken to control under shelter OF the
tariff. But to defeat this as we'll as all
other tariff reforms the advocates and
benefcisries of monopoly are preparing
to make descent upon Washington. Al
ready their protestatlons are appear
ing in the newspapers, and it will
require all the frmness and courage of
the true representatives of the people
to resist them. To the business interests
they hold up the pretended danger of q
financial reaction from system which
they confess to be false and mischievous.
To workingmen they repeat the old NEIL
ace of foreign competition and 'spauper
labor" when that competition and that
labor are doing their worst under exist
ing arrangements. To brighten the Dem
ccratic party from its purpose they loudly
insist that revision of the tariff would
lead to Democratic defeat and loss Of
power in the next Presidential election.
II their ancient appeals to ignorant
prejudice and partisan fear should be
needed the work of revenue reform would
be postponed until the grip OF monopoly
| shall have become more securely tighten
led upon the Industries and business of
tsthe country. But the people of the
United States are thoroughly aroused to
the necessity Of revenue refJrm, and
they will brook no further obstruction or
delay. In the condition of the public f.
nsnces, with. 500 100000 of surplus in
the Treasury, TO delay legi-lstion
would be to invite serious dangers to the
business interests of the people. To re-
p 81 the fiscal revenues from whisky and
| tobacco would be an act of supreme legls-